Chapter 6
Back in Bella's mom house, the Cullens were discussing in hushed voices which was their usual tone for them. The Cullens suspected Bella was looking in their direction wondering what plan they had devised, but Edward told them not to let her in on the specifics. Bella only needed to know general plan enough for her to understand. When Alice, Emmett, Jasper, and Carlisle have cornered James and Victoria where they were unable to defend for themselves any longer, Edward would take Bella to a safe location where the tracker and his mate would be unable to locate her by mixing the scent. Once Bella and Edward was a good distance from the studio, the others would finish Victoria and James off without Bella having to witness the horrific scene. Bella could tell by Carlisle's pained expression, that killing James and Victoria was their only option. Carlisle was against killing in general, even if they were vicious vampires who were going to kill Bella. Carlisle knew that if anything ever happened to Bella, Edward would bury himself in it for all eternity and there was no other option according to Edward for Bella to bypass the danger by becoming a vampire. Edward had already blamed himself for putting Bella in danger despite Carlisle's best effort to soothe his guilty conscience. Edward had refused to condemn Bella to his destiny; he wanted her to live have a fulfilling human life not become a monster like him for the rest of her life and regret it. Alice tried to explain to Edward the pros of that alternative, but Edward was as stubborn as a rock to keep her human. Emmett was oddly entertained as Alice and Edward bickered over the issue of the loss of Bella's humanity to save her from James, the tracker. Carlisle tried to break up their argument but gave up after being ignored as Alice and Edward continued arguing fiercely despite his best efforts. After fifteen minutes of bickering, Alice forfeited trying to make Edward understand her idea. Edward felt agitated and just wanted to go to the studio. Jasper sensed his anxiety assuring him by mentioning, "You have Carlisle, Alice, and me to fight James so you are not alone and there's nothing to worry about because nothing will go wrong."
Bella arrived in the entry way of the small family room and spoke breaking the silence, "I'm ready let's get this over with."
Alice gracefully walked toward Bella placing her arm on her shoulder and said, "We won't let anything happen to you, Bella. All you have to do is follow our plan and you will get out of this alive and unharmed."
Carlisle strode to the crème front door and waited for the others to follow. Emmett and Jasper immediately followed behind Carlisle made their way to the front door. Alice sauntered behind Jasper occasionally glancing back at Edward and Bella who were slowly making their walking to the door. Edward guided Bella to the door and slammed it shut directing her to the Jeep. Helping buckle Bella in, Alice placed all safety buckles just to be cautious since Bella allows seem to find herself in dangerous situations. The safety buckles made it tough for Bella to escape.